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The News, 14 Aug 2017 - Medicinal marijuana dispensary in Stellarton offers variety of products This isn't your grandma's home remedy. Although maybe it is - maybe your grandma is totally on board with medical marijuana taking away the aches and pains that can come with old age. Adshade, KevinThe NewsCannabis2017-08-15CN NS: City Looks Into Pot Planninghttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n265/a02.html
Metro, 14 Aug 2017 - Staff suggest HRM consider how to handle legalization Halifax is starting to think about how legal marijuana will roll out in the municipality. In a staff report coming to regional council's meeting on Tuesday, staff recommend starting the process to consider amending land-use bylaws to determine the best places for marijuana-production facilities and dispensaries in the municipality ahead of next summer's promised legalization. Woodford, ZaneMetroCannabis2017-08-15CN YK: Survey Opens On Yukon's Pot Planshttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n265/a03.html
Yukon News, 11 Aug 2017 - Territory will likely have 'phased-in approach' to new weed laws The territorial government wants to know what the public is looking for in upcoming marijuana legislation. In an online survey, open until Sept. 30, the government is asking Yukoners to answer questions about where cannabis could be consumed in public, how it will be sold, the legal age for consumption, and whether any changes need to happen to the territory's occupational health and safety or driving laws. Joannou, AshleyYukon NewsCannabis2017-08-15CN BC: RCMP Constable Inspired Cheech And Chong Characterhttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n265/a04.html
Globe and Mail, 14 Aug 2017 - Abe Snidanko, the relentless narcotics officer who was feared by the scourge of Vancouver's hippies and lampooned by the stoner comedy duo of Cheech and Chong, has died. He was 79. Constable Snidanko's name became a byword for the conflict between the establishment, including mayor Tom Campbell, and a burgeoning counterculture scene in the West Coast city. Hawthorn, TomGlobe and MailCannabis2017-08-15CN MB: Pallister Still Hazy On Pot Plan, But Help Could Be On The Wayhttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n265/a05.html
Winnipeg Free Press, 14 Aug 2017 - IN his struggles to come up with a regime to control the sale of recreational marijuana, Premier Brian Pallister may have found a powerful ally. Shoppers Drug Mart. Despite a looming July 1, 2018 deadline to have a system in place, the province has been very reluctant to talk about how it would like to handle the production, distribution and sales of recreational pot. Last month, Justice Minister Heather Stefanson issued an expression of interest to find potential partners and solutions to handle all aspects of legalized marijuana. Lett, DanWinnipeg Free PressCannabis2017-08-15CN AB: Pot Legalization Survey Generates Huge Responsehttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n265/a08.html
Metro, 14 Aug 2017 - Albertans have a lot to say about legalizing cannabis outside medical purposes, judging by the number of people who shared their thoughts with the province in a recent survey. Just over 45,000 Albertans took the online questionnaire about how the province should approach legalization, according to the Justice and Solicitor General's office. Cameron, ElizabethMetroCannabis2017-08-15CN ON: Editorial: A Sensible Approach To Dealing With Drug Abusehttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n263/a02.html
Toronto Sun, 13 Aug 2017 - In the wake of a recent spike in drug deaths in Toronto, municipal politicians have suddenly gone into overdrive suggesting ways to combat this scourge. In the space of a week we went from Mayor John Tory leading a plan to speed up the completion of three previously approved supervised drug injection sites in Toronto, to Board of Health Chairman Joe Mihevc suggesting it's time to consider decriminalizing heroin and other drugs. Toronto SunCannabis2017-08-15CN ON: Advocates Renew Call For City To Act On Overdoseshttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n263/a03.html
Toronto Star, 12 Aug 2017 - People on the frontlines of the opioid overdose crisis say they know exactly what needs to be done to save lives and tackle the &quot;public health emergency.&quot; Build safe affordable housing, expedite the opening of the safe injection sties, expand the distribution of overdose-reversing naloxone and drug-testing kits, and increase funding for harm-reduction staff positions. Powell, BetsyToronto StarCannabis2017-08-15US: Marijuana States Try To Curb Smuggling, Avert Us Crackdownhttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n263/a08.html
Philadelphia Daily News, 14 Aug 2017 - In response, pot-legal states are trying to clamp down on &quot;diversion&quot; even as U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions presses for enforcement of federal laws against marijuana. Tracking legal weed from the fields and greenhouses where it's grown to the shops where it's sold under names like Blueberry Kush and Chernobyl is their so far main protective measure. Selsky, AndrewPhiladelphia Daily NewsCannabis2017-08-15More Headlineshttp://www.mapinc.org/find?134
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